Kids
Our youngest, who is 4, received a knit it yourself elephant kit for her Christmas. This weekend we set about making it. It’s not yet finished, can you guess why? Her interest was held for all of five rows, which is pretty good for a four year old who really had no idea what the [...]
Not to be outdone by his sister, the lad (aged nearly 7) decided to have a go at making his own soft toy. He designed and sewed this chap (almost) all by himself. I’m very proud of his ability to take his idea and turn it into something tangible. We worked together on turning his [...]
In spite of the fact that it should be summer and we are being teased with rays of sunshine trying to break the clouds, the small furry one decided to make a snowman today. OK, so it’s a red snowman and it doesn’t actually resemble a snowman but she says it is a snowman so [...]
I made and decorated this as a birthday cake, although it’s probably best described as a ‘cafe cake’. It seems we have developed something of a family tradition over the last few years, namely that the birthday person chooses a cake from the cake book and I make it for them. This time around it [...]
The weather’s turned rather appalling here again, so much so that the school’s closed, the cars stuck and everybody is in the house and awake at the same time … a truly rare occasion, even if Jolene is confined to the bedroom with her work laptop, the household laptop and the skype phone, no doubt [...]
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